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Today’s music segment features an interview with a trio based out of Quito, Ecuador, if you enjoy Garage and Dance-Punk music then you’ll for sure want to check out this band. Also today’s show features new music from a group based out of Malmo, Sweden, a young energetic band based out of Baltimore, Maryland … Continued
Climate change is here affecting weather conditions and sea levels. In India it’s also having a more surprising influence on the country’s tigers. On this edition of Making Contact, reporter Daniel Grossman takes us to India in Heat of the Moment: Sea Level Rise. Heat of the Moment was originally produced for the Pulitzer Center … Continued
Exclusive: Mumia Abu-Jamal Releases New Prison Radio Commentary on Walter Scott Shooting; Juan González on Walter Scott Shooting: When Will the Police Killings of Black Males Stop?; Obama Faces Latin American Opposition to Venezuela Sanctions as Cuba Joins Summit of the Americas; Exclusive: Father of 1 of Missing Mexican 43 on How Drug War Aid … Continued
We speak with Erica Garner about the police involved murder of her father, Eric Garner and the case in North Charleston where a white police officer faces murder charges after his fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man, Walter Scott was caught on video. And Poor News Network examines economic terrorism in urban communities. 5pm … Continued
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In the aftermath of the devastating attacks on a University in the north of the country his morning’s Music of the World with Stephen Kent features music from Kenya, from the traditional sounds of the Masai to the Obokano of the Gusii people in rural Kenya to the Benga beats and styles of the contemporary … Continued
Sean McFate, author of the book The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order. Former hired soldier Sean McFate lays bare the opaque world of private military contractors, explaining the economic structure of the industry and showing in detail how firms operate on the ground. And Carlos Mauricio on the deportation … Continued
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Found Guilty: Will Federal Jury Impose Death Penalty in State that Bans It? As Video Exposes Walter Scott Police Killing, Why Is the Man Who Filmed Eric Garner’s Death in Jail? After Cop’s Shooting of Unarmed Walter Scott Caught on Video, New Calls for Body Cameras on Police; Is U.S. Abandoning Americans in … Continued
Host Khalil Bendib interviews Professor Mansour Farhang.
What if There Was No Video? White SC Officer Charged With Murder of Fleeing African-American Man; Change in Ferguson Continues as Record Turnout Adds 2 Black Members to City Council; Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wins Chicago Runoff, But Progressives Show a Force That Can No Longer Be Ignored; My Journey with Maya Angelou: Tavis Smiley Remembers … Continued
Jewish, and working for justice: we’ll talk to Penny Rosenwasser about identity, privilege, and anti-semitism — both real and invented. But first: Ferguson, MO has just held its first city council elections since that city became the nation’s symbol for predatory policing–we’ll look at what’s changed, and what hasn’t. Guests on this program: Mariah Stewart, … Continued
